4/23/2017 - Section 19:1-3
April 23, 2017 Section 19: 1-3 Christ Names, Christ Roles, Second Coming, End of the World, Evidently, almost a year after Martin Harris had earnestly requested—and been accepted—as one of the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon, he came again to Joseph Smith “ …seeking further assurance in relation to his standing before the Lord, being sorely troubled in spirit because of his transgression. Perhaps out of this [ his participation as one of the three witnesses and/or a not publically known transgression ] came much serious reflection and he sought further light. However, there is no indication in the History of the Church as to the reason why the revelation was given….It is without question a revelation of great comfort to Martin, and it is one of the great revelations given in this dispensation; there are few of greater import than this. The doctrine of the atonement of the Lord, as directly applying to the individual, and his exposition of ‘Eternal Punishment’, as here se...